Robert Sturdy attacks proposals to increase EU’s 2012 budget
Brussels, 20th April 2011 — The European Commission’s proposed increase in the EU’s 2012 budget of 4.9% percent – or 6.2 billion Euros – is completely unacceptable especially at a time when the EU should adjust to the mood of austerity sweeping the continent, Robert Sturdy, Conservative Member of the European Parliament, said today.
Mr Sturdy said:
“It is unacceptable that as governments across Europe are having to cut their budgets, the EU is asking for a significant increase”
“We all have to do our bit to ride out the difficult economic times and I see no reason why the EU should be an exception”
“Let me make this quite clear, Conservative MEPs will not accept an increase in the EU’s budget.”
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